{"id":2679,"date":"2025-10-15T11:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:56:35","slug":"laboratory-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Laboratory Safety Program strives to promote safety, compliance and environmental health in the laboratories, shops and studios in order to facilitate education and research for the faculty, staff, students and visitors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-chemical-hygiene-plan\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/chemical-hygiene-plan\/\">Chemical Hygiene Plan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Guidelines for individuals working in the campus laboratory community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-laboratory-equipment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/laboratory-equipment\/\">Laboratory Equipment<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Safety guidelines for equipment in your lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-personal-protective-equipment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/personal-protective-equipment\/\">Personal Protective Equipment<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Information regarding keeping you safe in your workspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-lab-safety-signs-amp-postings\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/lab-safety-signs-postings\/\">Lab Safety Signs &amp; Postings<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Signage to identify hazards in your lab, studio or shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-laboratory-procedures\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/laboratory-procedures\/\">Laboratory Procedures<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Safety procedures and resources for your lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-c-link--dark size-h3\" id=\"h-training\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/laboratory-safety\/training\/\">Training<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Required training for those working in research and labs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-4057\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/\">Safety &amp; 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Procedures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-assurances\/programs\/safety-health\/forms\/\">Forms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator uwm-u-text--center\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-p-card--contact uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header-text\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\"><strong>Jennifer Herriges<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--subtitle\"><em>Laboratory Safety Coordinator<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-envelope fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"mailto:herrigej@uwm.edu\">herrigej@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-mobile-screen-button fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"tel:414-430-7508\">414-430-7508<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-location-dot fa-fw\"><\/i><span>Engelmann 270<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":253,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[1282,1523,1524]},"class_list":["post-2679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Safety &amp; 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